The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Sometimes you have to grow up before you appreciate how you grew up.

The game isn't over until it's over.

I knew I could compete with most people in high school. It didn't quite give me an attitude, but it made me think I didn't have to try hard sometimes.

There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters.

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Oddly enough I never used to suffer from depression on cold, gray, cloudy days like this. I feel as if nature is in harmony with me, that it reflected my soul.

Faith is not sure, if you cannot turn love to quarrel; may my enemies obtain a mild mistress.

The faster you can sample sound when you are digitizing it, the higher the frequency, the less phase ambiguity at the higher frequencies.

You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.

The trick is this: keep your eye on the ball. Even when you can't see the ball.